Dear All,
Some of the Bristol research seminars for next teaching block may be of
interest to list members. All take place at 4pm on Wednesdays in the
Department (43 Woodland Road, Clifton), unless otherwise stated. Further
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BRISTOL ARCHAEOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY RESEARCH SEMINARS
SPRING 2006
Weds 25 Jan
Janet Miller (WS Atkins Consultants)
The Heritage Bill - The philosophical and practical issues of the Heritage
Protection Review
Weds 1 Feb
Interdisciplinary Seminar:
'Materiality: Perspectives from Geography, Archaeology, Anthropology, and
Elsewhere' (joint seminar with Dept of Geographical Sciences, 11am-4pm)
Weds 8 Feb
Professor Peter Wade (Anthropology, University of Manchester)
Race, multiculturalism and globalisation in Latin America.
Weds 15 Feb
Dr Nicholas Saunders (UCL)
The 'Aesthetic of Brilliance': Shininess and material culture in Pre-
Columbian America
Weds 22 Feb
Dr Charles Lockwood (UCL)
Title tbc
Weds 1 March
Carlos Fitzgerald (Panamanian National Institute of Culture)
New Petroglyph Sites in Darien, Panama: Current Research and Comparative
Issues
Weds 8 March
Professor Peter Bowler (Anthropology, Queens University, Belfast)
The Great Divide: How Archaeology and Anthropology came to Divorce.
Weds 15 March
Dr Andy Jones (Southampton University)
Gell among the megaliths: the anthropology of art and its significance
for the archaeological study of material culture.
Weds 22 March
Dr Lesley McFadyen (University of Leicester)
Practices of making, and how people changed their worlds during the
Neolithic in southern Britain
EASTER VACATION
Weds 26 April
Professor John Bennet (Sheffield University)
Maps, memos, and material culture: understanding prehistoric and historical
landscapes in southern Greece
Weds 10 May
Postgraduate Seminar: Papers from current Bristol postgraduates
Weds 17 May
Professor Ian Hodder (Stanford University)
Title tbc.
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